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Latest drop was made 2021-09-28 17:11 UTC

The drop is over, we have no info about when, what or where the next will be. Follow LinusTechTips on Youtube for any new drops.

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EXPECTED TO DROP NEXT:

  • Intel Arc GPUs (hinted at Dec 24th WAN Show)

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About shipping and handling

  • Handling times seem to be 1 week from drop to shipping label created.
  • Shipping times depend on carrier. For outside of NA, the carrier is FedEx and shipping times seem to be regular 5-14 days. For US and Canada, the shipping times might be same, or even longer.
  • Any additional charges, like customs fees and local VAT are paid on entry to country. There has been variation between countries to whom payments are made (FedEx on delivery, FedEx to their office, custom directly), so contact your local FedEx or customs offices for more details on those.

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Known drops:

1. Asus 3070, 3080 and 3090, 2021-03-20 17:40 UTC

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2. MSI 3080 SeaHawk, 2021-03-30 16:59 UTC

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3. AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 2021-04-09 00:59 UTC

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4. Asus TUF 6800XT, 2021-04-24 01:57 UTC / During WAN Show

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5. Asus TUF 6800XT, 2021-04-26 17:05 UTC

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6. EVGA RTX 3060 XC Gaming / RTX 3070 FTW3 Ultra, 2021-05-06 20:29 UTC

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7. MSI RTX 3080 Ti VENTUS 3X OC, 2021-09-28 17:11 UTC

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PARTICIPATION ENDED! If you are local to LMG (Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada), you can participate to this https://gleam.io/nntHg/verified-actual-gamer-program-can-you-beat-linus

Announced in WAN Show https://youtu.be/-qj6hkLkdYg?t=2450

The even video (also 6th drop video)

 

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FAQ

 

How do I enter? Can I enter? Where to signup?

You don't. All information about the drops are posted to Youtube and are hidden in videos. So far all drops have been on LinusTechTips main channel.

 

UPDATE: One of the drops was made live, during the WAN Show on Fridays. Until now there has been no drops on Friday or weekends.

 

UPDATE: For limited time, you can participate with local event https://gleam.io/nntHg/verified-actual-gamer-program-can-you-beat-linus

 

I watched the video, but there were no information. Where do I find this?

The information about the drop is removed from video after the drop is over.

 

When are videos posted?

At the moment LMG is using their regular timeslot which is 10-11AM PST (17-18 UTC).

UPDATE: LMG has posted in different timeslot to allow those in school or working chance.

 

How does this work?

So far the known information is following:

  • Video is posted on Youtube and Floatplane at the same time.
  • There's segment in video where Linus gives a hint about what link you need to use in order to enter. The hints are words and Linus uses his fingers to state what parts of the link they are. The links start with http://www.lttstore.com/. Link is temporary and will only show note about drop ending afterwards.
    • UPDATE: Previously there was actual cut-scene, latest drop had just voice-over during b-roll.
  • There will be challenge on store page.
    • The first two drops had 15 question quiz about video games. You have 3 lives and 3-4 options to choose from. Fastest to finish will get their chance to buy items.
      • Besides 3 lives, you can skip 2 questions.
      • The latest drop had questions in video format with some answers shown as "A/B/C/D" and some as written normally.
    • UPDATE: Latest drop had small flash game in style of Jump King / Icy Tower.
  • Item of the drop is shown on store page before taking the quiz. You will see the price and other details too.
  • UPDATE: After completing challenge, you are put onto queue with AFK meter to prevent idling. Forgetting to re-charge bar will drop you at the tail end of the line
  • Prices are before VAT, tariffs etc. and shown in USD. Price after tariffs (US only) are shown on page.
  • You are allowed to buy one CPU and one GPU from this event. (Source)

 

Can you tell me when the next drop is?

No, because we don't know.

 

I'm at school/sleeping/working/have other reasons and can't watch at current time slot.

Linus has said that they will at some point use different time slot. What it is, we don't know. UPDATE: The time slot for later time was 12PM-1AM UTC.

 

Why can't they have link or more information somewhere?

Because the whole point is make this as hard as possible for anyone but the absolute most dedicated fans.

 

Why they don't collect list of people? Why aren't forum members, Floatplane subscribers etc. prioritized?

List wouldn't do anything. There would still need to be draw of sort needed, and the list would consist more of non-gamers the longer it was left open. Prioritizing forum members would discriminate towards other parts of audience.

 

Having payment as requirement to join or as something making "winning" more likely is classified as lottery under laws. This would require permit, it would exclude several regions which require local permits or don't allow any lottery, and it would put age limit of 19 years in place.

 

Can I try quiz afterwards?

At the moment, no. But there might be site at some point after event ends.

 

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Posts made by Luke and Linus.

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WAN Show segments

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WAN Show Jun 4, 2021

26:25 - 27:10 "We currently have no stock, but the program is still on"

1:23:00 - 1:23:30 One board partner with some 3080Ti's coming

 

WAN Show April 23, 2021

17:43 - 34:43 VAG Drop live on stream

43:15 - 44:50 VAG drop is over, hinted about 270 more cards

1:16:40 - 1:17:44 Some last minute info

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WAN Show April 16, 2021

1:36:30 Super-chats

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WAN Show April 9, 2021

13:20 - 13:40 The latest drop info
40:50 - 43:55 The local event info
1:15:35 - 1:17:34 Super-chats #1
1:24:25 - 1:24:47 Super-chats #2
1:25:47 - 1:26:07 Super-chats #3

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WAN Show August 27, 2021

1:05:40 - Super-chats

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WAN Show October 8, 2021

2:06:20 - Super-chats

Here Linus says that Verified Actual Gamer program would be suspended until further notice. Reason given was that retail prices are about same as so-called "scalper prices". Making the program pointless.

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 WAN Show December 24, 2021

1:09:10 onward

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To be updated

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2 minutes ago, progamer21 said:

this :DDD it has 5600x, 16gb ram, 750w psu, 1 tb ssd, b550-f mobo, 750w psu, and 220T airflow case

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That is going to be a kick ass upgrade from a Mac!

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Mac - 1.4ghz i5, 4GB DDR3 1600mhz, Intel HD 5000.  x2

 

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2 minutes ago, progamer21 said:

yes it is!!!! :DDDD :))))

Have fun mate 🙂

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4 minutes ago, shinegull said:

crap did I miss another drop???

no i just copped a 3060 evga xc from evga pog

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On 3/30/2021 at 2:40 PM, Locke_d said:

Wondering, has anyone who got lucky in the first drop and lives in the US received detailed shipping info? I got the tracking number on 3/25, but the FedEx tracking has just said "Shipment information sent to FedEx" with no further updates.

   

I was able to buy a Gpu in the first drop  and live in US, same thing is happening to me. I asked support and the told me they expect for me to have sometime next week. 

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16 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

That means that the work order has been made to system (= the tracking number assigned), but the shipment hasn't been picked up from warehouse or delivered to drop-off. This is quite common, the stores here do it all the time. They might not send things after every drop, maybe as bigger batches so it might take bit longer to process.

 

Thanks for the info!

9 hours ago, Drea said:

I'm in the exact same situation, would you care to tell me if you find something else out? 

 

1 hour ago, tadams said:

I was able to buy a Gpu in the first drop  and live in US, same thing is happening to me. I asked support and the told me they expect for me to have sometime next week. 

Yeah I guess I should have waited another day, just got an update it has been picked up by FedEx.

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12 hours ago, Locke_d said:

Thanks for the info!

 

Yeah I guess I should have waited another day, just got an update it has been picked up by FedEx.

Indeed I got the notification today 🙂

 

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I really hope to get one of these, it's not that I don't have GPUs already but that I need something a little stonger than what I have on hand. Yes I'm a gamer and NOT by any stretch am I a miner or a scalper, but I'm also literally and doctor verifiably 75% blind. Because of this I don't game much especially shooters, what i really need it for is my software used to see my computer screen which is extremely GPU and Memory intensive. I'd trade 3 lower cards just to get a 30 or 6000 series card. 

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Where are the drops announced in the description of youtube videos? 

If you quote me or are replying to me please @ me. Thanks

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3 minutes ago, Raggou said:

Where are the drops announced in the description of youtube videos? 

Most of the information is on this threads solution (scroll to the top of the page), but no, they cut to Linus talking about the drop midway through the video, you can see the clips online.

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11 minutes ago, LordPoopGreen said:

Most of the information is on this threads solution (scroll to the top of the page), but no, they cut to Linus talking about the drop midway through the video, you can see the clips online.

I looked at the videos in the solution and they just play the youtube video like normal from the beginning? Am I a blind idiot here? Is their a secret message in the video? Can you link a timestamp... Im just curious I gotta be missing something here.... 

If you quote me or are replying to me please @ me. Thanks

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1 minute ago, Raggou said:

I looked at the videos in the solution and they just play the youtube video like normal from the beginning? Am I a blind idiot here? Is their a secret message in the video? Can you link a timestamp... Im just curious I gotta be missing something here.... 

They edit it from the video after the cards are sold out that way people who come late aren't confused and disappointed.

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Just now, Spotty said:

They edit it from the video after the cards are sold out that way people who come late aren't confused and disappointed.

Ah that makes so much sense. So if I were to catch it (when that segment is still in the video), its literally something like.... Verified actual gamer is live go to this link and try? Like a pretty obvious segment?@Spotty  It makes sense they edit that out of the youtube video after the fact 

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2 minutes ago, Raggou said:

Ah that makes so much sense. So if I were to catch it (when that segment is still in the video), its literally something like.... Verified actual gamer is live go to this link and try? Like a pretty obvious segment?@Spotty  It makes sense they edit that out of the youtube video after the fact 

If you make it in time it's very obvious. If you're on youtube mousing over the timeline shows a preview image, so you can quickly scan the timeline to see if there's any Linus clips before watching the video

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10 minutes ago, Raggou said:

I looked at the videos in the solution and they just play the youtube video like normal from the beginning? Am I a blind idiot here? Is their a secret message in the video? Can you link a timestamp... Im just curious I gotta be missing something here.... 

As I told you, "Most of the information is on this threads solution (scroll to the top of the page)", this is a question very clearly answered over there.

  

4 minutes ago, Raggou said:

Ah that makes so much sense. So if I were to catch it (when that segment is still in the video), its literally something like.... Verified actual gamer is live go to this link and try? Like a pretty obvious segment?@Spotty  It makes sense they edit that out of the youtube video after the fact 


Yep, just scroll through the video, if you don't watch it within the first 15 minutes your chances are slim.

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1 minute ago, Raggou said:

Ah that makes so much sense. So if I were to catch it (when that segment is still in the video), its literally something like.... Verified actual gamer is live go to this link and try? Like a pretty obvious segment?@Spotty  It makes sense they edit that out of the youtube video after the fact 

Due to the time zone I'm in I haven't actually seen any of the videos when they went live (they post around 3-4am my time). From what I've read from others I believe the video cuts to different scene where Linus talks about the program and gives the link in the form of a riddle. It will be lttstore.com/riddleanswer

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6 minutes ago, Gavagai said:

I was SO hopeful the next VAG drop was going to be during the OnlyFans announcement video. 

lmao me too maybe  tomoroow because of the fact that it is saturday so people would not have school

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I'd just like to give everyone a heads up, but I'm 99% sure a VAG video announcement this weekend was teased on WAN show. Linus promo'd a hoodie/water bottle combo discount that is going to be "announced", good for 24 hours, on a video this weekend. I'm pretty certain all the other VAG card drops had merch discounts also offered for the day after the drop.

TL;DR - It seems...odd that they would have a video announcing a 24 hour merch offer deal unless it was accompanied by a VAG announcement.

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53 minutes ago, Gavagai said:

I'd just like to give everyone a heads up, but I'm 99% sure a VAG video announcement this weekend was teased on WAN show. Linus promo'd a hoodie/water bottle combo discount that is going to be "announced", good for 24 hours, on a video this weekend. I'm pretty certain all the other VAG card drops had merch discounts also offered for the day after the drop.

TL;DR - It seems...odd that they would have a video announcing a 24 hour merch offer deal unless it was accompanied by a VAG announcement.

I have doubts. Mainly because the mechanics required by the system currently. Unless its actual gaming challenge or something along those lines. If its quiz, they need to have people manually confirm entries. With regular store stuff, they have larger stock and all purchases are accepted. Only FP might get heads up if announcement is done in early-access video.

 

So having people at work on weekends might not be what they are after. So far drops have been during week and work hours.

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17 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

I have doubts.

 

You were right to doubt XD

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18 hours ago, Gavagai said:

 

You were right to doubt XD

It's because of the 1% 😞

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